Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I'm officially in my holiday-mode. I wanted to write about something related to Thanksgiving, but I couldn't come up with something solid, so I figured I'd wait until something hit me. And it did, at approximately 1 pm today, when I saw this article by Quartz.

Basically, Blue Origin has a registered patent for a system and method for landing rockets at sea. And SpaceX is building a spaceport drone ship, which is basically like a floating dock for rockets or rocket boosters. In August, SpaceX filed a petition for an inter partes review, challenging Blue Origin's patent. Actually, SpaceX filed two petitions: one for the method claims and one for the system claims.

What's the big deal? Well, does tens of millions of dollars sound like a big deal to you? The floating dock will allow rockets and rocket boosters to safely land after they are launched. This allows the rockets and rocket boosters to be reused.

Today's the last day that Blue Origin has to respond to SpaceX's petition. As of five minutes ago, the PTAB database didn't have their response posted. We'll see tomorrow if they responded. It should be interesting to see what they have to say.